Tips For Finding The Right Candidate

Recruiting new staff is a difficult task. For hiring the right candidate, recruiter should follow some of these Tips.

• Be clear about the job description. Question yourself - What are the responsibilities of this role, and what kind of person needs to be recruited for that specific position etc.
• After framing the job description, it is important to search the kind of person based on his soft skills and personal attributes that perfectly match to the position.
• Be aware of employment legislation. Don’t hire a candidate based on religious belief, gender, and disability. While hiring, consider the person’s talent, abilities and merit into consideration.
• Smaller the company, the bigger the impact of making wrong recruitment decision. Think not just about whether the candidate can do the job, but also in terms of how the candidate will contribute to the team.
• Friend and employees are good source for the candidate. But don’t feel under any obligation, and make right hire based on candidate talent and abilities.

Various Applications Of Barcodes In Manufacturing Processes

Today, the industrial sector has adapted usage of barcode scanners, labels and printers in manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution of goods.

There are two basic types of manufacturing. They are discrete manufacturing (e.g., automobile manufacturing) and Process manufacturing (e.g., chemical processing). Barcoding is used in both cases to find out component parts or containers of ingredients, work-in-process, finished goods stock and products cased for shipping.

Many companies introduced barcode labeling at the shipping dock to provide customers’ with compliance requirements. Most of business software packages rely on barcoding and data collection systems to give information important to the entire manufacturing operation. As many companies selects enterprise-wide software for performance development and cost reduction, barcoding plays a major role completely in manufacturing processes.

Raw materials reaching manufacturer’s collecting dock will have barcode labels on their packaging in order to make sure that suitable products are arrived for company’s requirements. In some types of process manufacturing, barcode labels are used to find difference between lots or batches.

Barcodes are essential because the warehouse operator scans both the package and the storage location to make the transfer operation complete and record it in the system. Barcodes are scanned for the verification of the correct item was selected and transferred to the shipping department.

Few Interesting Facts Of Yoga

Yoga is supposed to be made of eight limbs. They are the asana (postures), pranayama (breathing), dharana (concentration), dhyani (meditation), yamas (restraints), pratyahara (withdrawal of senses), niyamas (observances) and samadhi (absorption). Of these asanas are widely used by people in practicing yoga.

• Yoga is being performed in USA since late 19th century but it acquired popularity around 1960s.
• A survey carried out in 2003 revealed that 15.8 million Americans practice Yoga.
• It also showed that, the percentage of people practicing Yoga increased on an average of 20-25% every year.
• Yoga is not a new technique, it is thousands of years old.
• Yoga is not a religion, but is leads anyone to spiritual and physical self-realization.
• Yoga helps in relieving pain of chronic conditions.
• Yoga helps in uniting the body, mind, and spirit into a stabilized state.
• Yoga helps in preventing osteoporosis (disorder in bones).
• Yogic breathing helps in expansion of lungs.
• Yoga reduces anxiety and depression well than the anti-depressant drugs.
• People who practice Yoga are supposed to live longer than people who don’t do.

Different Pests In Garden

Garden pest genuinely has a broader meaning that includes all insects and animals (beneficial or harmful) that interferes with the growth and health of plants. There are five important categories of garden pests, which vary with location.

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  Insects and other many-legged creatures: This group has largest number of different kinds of pests. Some creatures, which mainly damages crop, are the Colorado potato beetle, the tomato hornworm, and the cabbage butterfly. Common creatures are ants, aphids, borers, bugs, caterpillars and worms (like gypsy moths and cutworms), centipedes, earwigs, grasshoppers, grubs and maggots, Japanese beetles, and weevils.
• Mollusks: Snails and slugs, that looks like shell-less snails, are garden pests that mainly attack members of the cabbage family and the lettuces.
• Birds: Some birds, like purple martins helps in controlling garden pests, but others are pests by nature. Crows and blue jays eat corn, and many birds may eat seeds and seedlings, including fruits, berries, and nuts. Species that need to be known are gulls, magpies, pigeons, robins, sparrows, and starlings. Geese and ducks, of any kind either farm stock or wild, can also damage gardens.
• Rodents and other small mammals: Small mammals can create many problems, like eating plants and produce and digging in region that need to be protected. This type of garden pests are armadillos, chipmunks, groundhogs or woodchucks, mice and rats, moles, opossums, prairie dogs, rabbits, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, and voles. Depending on behavior, household pets like cats and dogs come under this category.
• Larger mammals: Bear, deer, moose, coyotes and bears create problems in garden.

Wine Storing Styles

Wine can be stored in home in four different styles. They are wine racks, wine coolers, wine cabinets, and wine cellars. Each one has its own pros and cons when used for storing wine.

Wine racks:
Wine racks are small tabletop units, or large display cases that are placed against a wall creating an attractive decorative piece that is suitable for storing wine. Wine racks help to store the wine at the proper angle in order to make cork to remain moist. Wine racks do not have a cooling unit and do not control lighting and humidity.

Wine coolers:
A wine cooler is designed to store wine at appropriate serving temperature. It is not prefect for long term storage of a large wine collection, as the temperature of a wine cooler fluctuates more than wine cabinets or wine cellars and also vibrates too much. The wine will be stored at perfect temperature for consumption.

Wine Cabinets:
Wine cabinets are perfect for long term storage of a wine collection, favoring the fine wine to age correctly. They keep the wine in a cool, high humidity environment as they are provided with a cooling system. Insulated surfaces keep the temperature at perfect level for storage of fine wine.

Wine Cellar:
Wine cellars store a fine wine collection at the optimum temperature and for slow aging. They are most convenient to collectors who will keep wine for many years. They provide ideal possible cooling which is the perfect storage condition for collection of the finest wine. But they are a bit noisy.

How Air Conditioners Pose a Threat to Your Health

Air conditioners remove moisture from the air as well as filter allergens, pollen or dust almost like any other air purifier. Air conditioners not only lowers the indoor air temperature but also provides cooler and drier indoor climate.

But if air conditioners are not maintained properly, they can cause you some serious problems. A dirty air filter of an air conditioner may host pollen, fungi, and bacteria spraying millions of dangerous microorganisms into your home.

Vacuum or clean the air filter at least once in a month. It is better to spray a disinfectant to keep it free of mold.

Air conditioners especially in large buildings can be more dangerous as they use reservoirs of water that may host bacteria or other microorganisms. These organisms can trigger allergic alveolitis. Generally, this condition is caused due to intake of microscopic organic dusts.

The air conditioners in our cars can also pose serious problems. The interior of the cars is generally hot, moist, and dark, which is ideal breeding ground for fungi and mold.